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` WINDMILL. No. 270,059.

Patented Jan. 2, 188,3.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFF-ICE.V

SOLOMON HANEY, or WATERLOO, IOWA.

WIND

MILL.

Y `SPECII"IC.A'lIO1f forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,059, dated January 2, 1583.V

l Application filed September 20,1882. (No model.)`

To all trhom it may concern Be it known that I, SOLOMON HANEY, of Waterloo, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, haveinve'nted a new and useful Improvement in Windmills; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is aT full, clear, and exact 4description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vertical windmills; and its object is to provide new means for rendering the mill self-governing in varying wind-currents, and in general The invention consists, first, in the peculiar swiveled rod by which motion is communicated from thedriving-shaft to the pump-rod or other machinery; further, in the peculiarconthe turntable and windwheel; further, in the improved adjustable governor-vanes further, in the manner of mounting the' wheel and tailvanes; and, finally, in the construction and arrangement and the novel combination of the operative parts, as fully hereinafter explained. In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation ofthe windmill. Fig. 2 is a top view; Fig. 3, a section through the swiveled tube. h

In these drawings, A represents the windwheels, having a vhub or spider, radial spokes connected bycircularfraines, andinclined slats set closely together. The wheel is mounted on a driving-shaft, Bwhich turns in boxes 1 1 of a bracket, C, and has upon its inner end D represents a tube or cylinder, which is adapted to be bolted rigidly or otherwise` firmly secured to the tower or derrick-posts. Upon this sleeve is mounted the bracket C, by means of arms 3 3, so that such bracket can swing freely in a horizontal direction.

E isy a Vbracket provided with arms 4 4, by which it is mounted on the tube D. A `Iiange, 5, is formed on such tube, which supports the lower arm of the bracket E, while upon such arm rests the lower arm of the bracket C. The upper arms of these brackets are also in contact, and the two brackets have a free movement upon the sleevein one direction, limited by stops 7 on the arms 3 3, which bear against shoulders 8 on the arms 4 4. Stops 9 are also provided on thesaid arms 3 3, which engage with the opposite side ot' the shoulders 8 and tail-vane F. The vane can therefore be ad-v justed longitudinally by moving the slide 11 forward or backward.

To the end of tbe beam 14 is secured a segment-shaped bar, 15. At each end of this bar is a hook-bolt, 16 17, held in place by nuts 18.

Journaled on pins 19 in standards 28, on opposite sides of the plate 10, are pulleys or sheaves 20 21. A chain, 22, is secured to the hooked bolt 16 on the lower end of 15,. which passes over the sheave 2() and aroundonc side of thelarge stationary guide-pulley 23, rigidly attached to the bracket C, and is secured at its other end to an eye on the bracket C. 4A

similar chain, 25. is attached to the bolt 17 on the upper end of 15, and passes under sheave 21 and around the opposite side of pulley 23 is secured to the other side ot'bracket C.

Under ordinary circumstances the tail-vane and wind-wheel move'together, andthe wheel is thus kept in the wind; `but for the purpose ofautomatically throwing the wheeloutof wind in a gale or storni I have provided governorvanes I l/ which act in connection with the chains and hinged brackets,in the manner now to be described.

Pivoted to the ears or standards 13, upon the pin 14', are inclined arms 26, which extend up upon each side and alittle in front of the vane. At their upper ends they are perforated with arowofholes,27. Passingtransverselythrough the beam 14 is a shaft, 35, and upon this shaft, on each side of the vane, are mounted gov erning-vanes I I, by means of ears 29. through which the shaft passes. These vanes fit closely to the main vane, and are inclined upward at an angle of twenty-tive degrees, approximately, being connected adjustably at their forward ends to the arms 26 by pins 30. It will be evident, now, that should the wind unduly increase, so that the pressure on the inclined vanes overcomes the dead-weight ofthe main vane F, the main vane will be lifted on its pivot, which will depress the segment 15, and by drawing on the chain 22 will turn the bracket IOO O, and thereby throw the wheel outotl the Wind. The relative angle ofthe vanes I I can be readily changed, so that the amount of pressure required to lift the main vane may be readily 5 determined, and the rapidity with which the mill is to run convenientlyregulated. As the wind decreases the weight of the vane overcomes the pressure andthe chain 25 draws upon the bracket O and -gradually brings the ro Wheel into vthe wind again.

The pitman or connecting-rod which counects the driving-shaft to the machinery to be driven, is of peculiar construction. It is composed of concentric tubes J K, the tubeJfitting Igclosely Within K and both working vertically within the outer cylinder.

To the inner tube, J, is attached the pitman /proper, which is attached by a wrist-pin, 31, to the eccentric on the wind-wheel shaft, extendzo ing from the connection with J up through the open pulley 23, before described. A swivel is thus formed which insures a vertical descent of the pitman without any twisting of the wrist-pin. rIhe connection to the machinery 25 is made from the outer tube, K.

The mill may begoverned by hand, independently of its automatic motion, by a cord, 32, secured to an arm, 33, on the seginentwvhich passes down through the inner tube, and hence 3o is not aii'ected by the rotation ofthe outer tube or the movement ot' the turn-table.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim isl. In a'windmill, the combination of a wind- 35 wheel mounted on a bracket so as to have a movable bracket E, in combination With the' Wind-Wheel similarly mounted upon a movable' bracket,-the connecting-chains, and the pulleysheaves.

4. The combination, With the pivoted tailvane F, ofthe side vanes pivoted upon a trailsverse pin passing through the tail-vane, and

having means for changing theirangle ot' inclination with relation to the said tail-vane.

5. Combined with the wind-wheel A and its driving-shaft, the pitnlan composed of concentric tubesJ K, adapted to move together vertically, said tube J heilig connected to the driving-shaft and the tube K to the operating` mechanism, substantially as described.

In testimony lwhereoi'I have signed my naine to this specitication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

v SOLOMON HANEY.

Nitnessem RoB'r. M.K1NGsLEY, H. A. LANE. 

